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bring 1925, 900 to the people OF this
territory. And all this industry has
sprung from beginnings a. recept RS
1870, when 1t seemed first to lie ap.
parent to the people that hops were
staple crop, and when, for the first
time, the cultivation OF them ap-
pears to have been made principal
| object. The vines Of this territory
are free from pests, and as the yield
Is large, growers find the business
profitable on an average price Of IL
cents, and even lower. In 1886, the
yield here for the II preceding years
was stated to have averaged 1000
pounds an acre, and the prieo for the
same period 18 cents a pound. In
the former Of these estimates a year
OF unusual harvest was omitted, and
In the latter q year OF exceptionally
high price. The area, as has been
said before, Increases every year.
During the past season the thrifty
farmers Of the Chehalis valley, in
Lewis county, have begun the culti-
walton of hops, with, 1t Is reported,
encouraging success. On the eastern
side OF the mountains, at Yakima,
the acreage is reported at 300. A
journal OF that valley states:
yakima hops and all tho crop here
haye found ready sale, and been recei ved
with high favor at Milwaukee, where the
great brewers prefer them to any others
grown In America, and pay for thom 2IS
cents per pound moro than those grown
IN any other locality. The peculiar in
gradients of our volcanic ash soil, the
dryness OF our air, and our irrigation sys-
tenn (enabling moisture to be applied at
the right time and In the proper qtiantity)
cont rlhIltn tn tho aftaiuInanf NJ ha Ia {,,t,
degree OF excellence for which Yakima
hops are now famed"
OUR FOREST GROWTH.
The valuable timber OF the terri.
tory Is, In the order named: Vel
low and red fir, white and red cedar,
spruce. larch, white fir, hemlock,
bull pine, tamarack, alder and ma
pie, ash and oak, cherry and laurel,
and cottonwood. BY far the largest
article ofexport is the yellow and red
fir, which are generally olassed as
"Oregon pine" In price lists OF Cali
fOrnia and foreign dealers. The
trees from which this product Is ob.
talned reach 12 feet In diameter and
800 feet In height, In exceptional
cases, but the ordinary saw.logs OF
commerce range from "a to go In ches
In diameter. A large proportion of
these logs Is clear stuff, and is made
into deck planks, flooring, siding,
and other articles, with the grain OF
the wood vertical, so that they wear
without splintering, and do not
crack readily when exposed to the
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Spokane Fo,e w. t. Daily Revievv-- e,v Years edition.


umbIa, eastward and northerly to
the grain fields of eastern WASH
ington. The line Is stated to be l0-
Gated to Lewis River a distance Of 20
miles. It Is further reported that
tre grade on the mountains Is only
l2g feet at the maximum.
The West Coast railway is a line
projected, and for a few miles laid,
from Seattle northward. 1t aims at
Bellingham bay, and 1t Is said, ct
connection with the Canadian
Pacific.
There are In the territory a num-
ber OF local railways in actual and
profitable operation. The Olympia
4 Chehalis Valley railroad extends
from Olympia to Tenino, aud there
connects with that line OF the North
ernPacihc railroad running from Ia
coma to kalama and Portland. The
road first mentioned is OF narrow
gauge, In length Is miles. 1t issup-
ported by a considerable logging
as we'll as freight and passenger
In Mason county there are four
logging railways: The Puget Sound
d Grny's HarbOr railroad, having IA
miles laid; the Satsop railroad, with
10 miles; the Union River railroad,
with 8 miles; and the Washington
Lumber COmpany's line, with mics.
The lumber traffic of these lines Is
very considerable.
The Puget Sound Shore Railroad
Co. has 234 miles OF standard gauge
track, from Seattle to Stuck juno
ton, where II connects with the
Northern Pacific railroad.
The Columbia u Puget Sound
Railroad Co. Is a line from Seattle to
important coal fields in King county.
Its traffic In coal Is very great for a
local railroad, being reckoned 2OO,.
goo tons year. Its exact mileage
is not at present at hand, but, as
given In 1886, II was 44A miles.
The total mileage OF railroads
now In operation In the territory Is
1860, an increase during the year Of
about 135 miles.
AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
The acreage Of the territory is
rapidly increasing. No statistics,
indeed, can be given that can be re-
lied upon, but 1t Is clear, from re.
ports from all the counties and from
many grades OF public officers, that
much more land Is titled than form
erly. The assessor OF Walla Walla
county reports an increase OF $4,000
acres OF cultivated land since last
year. A much greater increase Of
acreage must be expected In eastern
than In western counties. The form
er are nearly all left clear by nature
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! sun or weather. This wood is also
used for bridges. ships timbers, and
railway construction, and for spars
and piles. 1t Is most excellent for
all these purposes and as general
building lumber on account OF its
nail.:holdiCg qualities. This lum-
her Is known and has favorable
reputation In nearly every port of
the Pacific ocean and in many of
those on the Atlantic, both In
America and Europe. The yellow
and red fir constitutes the bulk OF
the forests Of Washingto territory,
and the supply Is ample for good
many years.
The white and red cedar Is not 80
Z abundant, and yields only small
per cent. Of clear stuff, but the lum-
Der Is very durable and light, and is
not very susceptible to atmospheric
changes, which makes IL very desir-
able for the manufacture OF sash,
doors and blinds, and for finishing
lumber and holdings, 1t Is also the
most superior wood for shingles, and
is holding first rank in ali tho mark
cts where it can be carried by rail or
water. These shingles possess the
quality, common to all the saw mill
prOuucts OF the territory, OF being
grained edge or vertical grained.
On account OF the possession of this
quality they will not materially
warp In the sun and will not read lily
split under the hammer. On &C.
count OF Its durability 1t Is much
sought after for fence and telegraph
posts.
Spruce and larch are often super.
iOr In size to the frs, and make very
lumber, but tor reasons not
readily explainable are Of very linn
tied uses. The spruce is inodorous
and Is largely used for acking-cases
and dunnage on that account. It is |
also made into ladders, furniture,
sign. boards, oars, and
brackets.
The larch Is not so we'll known,
being found In more inaccessible |
places, but from all appearances
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and ready for the plow. In the lat.
ter there is very little that must moi
be cleared by the hand OF mana
task, In many districts, Of arduous
difficulty. Wide as has been the ex.
tension of agriculture there In the
past year, II is most reasonable
expectation that the coming II
months will witness much more.
The agricultural development of
eastern Washington Is justly a mat
ter OF pride to the territory. An
impression had long been too COM
mon In other parts of the United
states that that portion of WASH
ington territory lying east of the
Cascade mountains was desert that
never could be reclaimed. It's wide
plains, Its infinitely fine dust, were
everywhere described in the most
discouraging terms. 1t was only, II
was said, In the rowing herds of
stock that we had anything to hope
FOR in that extensive country be-
tween the Cascade mountains and
our eastern boundary. After time,
however, the increase in the crops
OF grain attracted attention. These
so multiplied every year, that IL was
at lengtn conceded that as a grain
producing reg ion eastern Washing.
ton was Of great Importance. This
fact Is now known throughout the
world, but 1t Is the most that is, gen.
orally speaking, allowed to be the
merit OF a remarkable region. 1t Is
yet little known In other parts of the
United States, and, indeed, 1t IL only
lately known In the western half OF
the territory itself that eastern
Washington Is to be great, not mere-
" In the production OF grain, bat in
q variety OF crops far more varied
Ehan was imagined or than can be
'een elsewhere in the world farther
1orth than the 8Sth parallel.
The hop crop has become one OF |
he most important In the territory. |
rhe crop Of 1881 was 6,O9s bales; Of |
1888, 9,3O1; OF 1885, 10000; OF 1887,
lccordtnR to present estimates, 25,.
OO. The last crop Is estimated to
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I proper care, afford lumber supply
for many years to come.
| Naturally the lumber industry Is
one OF the greatest in the territory.
During the past year the saw.mills
have been crowded to their utmos,
capacity to supply the demand fol
building and export trade. The
total capacity of the mills OF Wash.
ington territory is $1,000, 900 feet,
and doubtless the years output
would reach close upon half a billion
feet. In 1886 over 306, 900, 900 feet
of lumber were shipped by water
from the territory.
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS.
From special report made by the
superintendent Of public instruction
the following Is taken:
"It Is needless TO say that the pub.
lie schools of the territory are in
their infancy. Scarcely more could
be expected. With $4,000 children,
and a total amont raised for school
purposes of only $500, 900, only por-
tiOn of which has been used in teach
ers' salaries. little can be expected.
Indeed I am surprised that we have
made so much advancement under
the circumstances. The maximum
tax for school purposes of 6 mills on
each dollar OF assessed valuation is
not sufficient, yet an increase in the
tax would be felt rs a burden. Our
hope Is from another source. Until
the school land is sold, and the in
terest on the purchase money made
q state fund, we can not EXPECT to
have our schools rest on sufficient
financial basis. This alone should
secure the i'm med late admission of
this territory into the union of
states. With the proceeds OF the
sale OF the school lands used, as they
will be when we are admitted, with
the county tax now levied, we will
maintain an average of nine months
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PROPERTY VALUATION.

PROPERTY VALUATION.
The reports Of assessable property
are subject to the same criticism as
that OF the census, although not so
much 30, the negligence is this case
being that of the officers who failed
to make any returns whatever. In
such cases the previous years re.
turns have been taken end totals
made up accordingly. From these
figures II Is learned that the total
assessed valuation OF property in
Washing ton territory was $50, ,6S3, ,S96
In 1888 and $50, III, ,453 in 1887, an
increase during the year of $5,493,-
667. But owing to the absence of
returns from Spokane, King and
6kamania counties the assessments
Of 1885 have been used In making
up the total Of 1887. The natural
increase In these three counties, two
OF which are the wealthiest and
most rapidly growing in the terri
tory, should certainly add two million
TO the published total for 1887, giving
an increase Of fully s7,5OO, 900 over
the figures OF 1856, In relation to
Su09o ukuCcS tue IuCC must De taken
into confederation that, as the gov
ernor says In his report, "Owing to
the presence on our statute books of
what Is popularity known as the gross
earnings tax law, railroad property
Of every description is exempt from
taxation, and the companys pay into
the territorial treasury percentage
Of their gross earnings in lieu there
Of. These factors Of wealth that ap.
bear on the assessment returns OF
other communities are lacking here,
and our apparent wealth is very
materially reduced on that account.b
PUBLIC LANDS.
or the total area Of this territory
nearly half has been surveyed.
There are now 23,63l 1928 acres un.
surveyed. OF which 16,6S1 1928 acres
are agricultural land. Indian reser.
vations include over four millions
Acrcs Of this. Applications are now
IN ale In the surveyor generals Office
Tor the survey of nearly so town.
Dhlps, upon which already reside
'everal hundred settlers. Applica.
lions haye also been made for the
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WHAT THE GOVERNOR HAS
TO SAY OF ITS
RESOURCES.
Some Interesting Facts Gath
cred from His Annual
Message.

message.
The annual message OF Governor
Semple has been issued from the
department OF the interior. AS It
contains much that will be of par.
ticular interest TO the readers OF the
Holiday edition of the REVIEW, a
summary Of Its most Important feat
ures Is given herewith. It deals
largely with statistics which, though
dry reading to many, are Of great
value as indicating the rapid growth
Of the territory. The first subject
dealt with IL that Of population. II
IL obvious from the reports of the
assessors to whom has been confided
the duty Of taking the census, that
the returns for 1887 are grossly in.
accurate Ia many instances. While
the figures as returned show q small
increase In population between 1896
and 1857, It is certain that the inhab-
itAnta OF Warrington territory have
actually Increased three times the
number reported. With the view
Of presenting the readers OF this
paper with q more accurate idea of
the population of the territory, a
careful estimate has been made of
the population OF each county on
January lst, 1883. The three COL
umns In the table below represent,
therefore, the population according
70 the assess0rs' returns, taken in
the spring OF 1885 and 1887, with an
estimate OF the number at the pres
ent time.
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A. A. Newbery.
REAL ESTA-
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-29
CHANCERY SALE
-OF-
REAL ESTATE.

No. 1886, R. D~.-Chancery Court Of Shelby
coInty NJ. W. Hudnall VS.. George Hud-
nall OF al.
d sale entered in the sbsve cause on the
l4th day, OF January. 1887, M. B. S., page
II will sell at publ, auction, to the high
est bidder, in front of the Clerk and Masters
ofice, Main street entrance to the court
house o. Shelby county, Memphis, Tenn. ,on
saturday, February 8, 1857,
within legal hours, the following described
property, situated in Shelby county. Tenn,
to-wit:
lying Immediately west of the st end Of
Bick ord avenue, on toe west side # Second
street extend d, in Chelsea, fronting 48 feet
tn a depth of 1857 feet to an alley.
Lot -, Immediately vest Of lot 6 above
mentioned, fronting on Main street Gf ex-
tendedi As feet and running back east 14SH
feet to an alley.
One acre of land of the Weakley & Mole
more's plan of subdivision of 1856 acres, be-
BiSpdj Ts.k az pI + stake To oS t sRS S " ;ss side Ho Of the os
the southeast corner of To- IS n the north
side OF an avenue leading to the Water
Works; thence north sixteen degrees west oil
tue west side Of the plank rond III chains
3.l7 chains to q stake; thence south 16 de-
grees east BIZ Oh inns to a stake; thence
north s. degrees east 8 II chains to the be-
ginning. Containing one acre:
Also, another tract of land containing
about 8 or 10 acres (more or less), on the
west side of Springdale avenue, in the F,f-
tenth Civil Distr ct, and known as lot No.
10 of +. s. Latnam's subdivision.
Terms Of Sale-0ne-third cash, balance in
one and two years, purchaser TO execute.
notes bearing interest from date with ap-
proved security and lien retained; redemp-
ton barred.
This January IA, 1887.
s. ]. MoD0N ELL, Clerk and Master.
nu n u naIdwn1 n ~ and
Gibson y Weakley and Morgan & McFar-
land, solicitors.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-29
ENGLISH LANDLORDIsM IN
AMERICA.

1.-THE rats deserving q sinking ship"
can there be something OF the fore
sight OF a coming deluge that leads
English mobiles and gentry to acquire
vast estates in this country2 Take,
for instance, the Duke OF Sutherland,
Of whom we find 1t said, mot only is
he large landholder in England, but
he is one Of the largest alien land
owners in the United States, his pos
sessions aggregating, according to the
Reform Almanac, $4,000 acres in this
country. The landed possessions Of
the Duke OF Sutherland in England
and Scotland cover l,35S,5i5 acres,
yielding him an income of SOS, 1856;
besides he has ST. 10000 in the North
ern Scotch railroad. He is the owner
OF DuuIobin Castle, Loeb liver House,
House of Tongue, Tsrbet House, Cas-
tie Leod, all in Scotland and Stafford
Houle, st. JAmes's Park, Trentham
Hall, In staffordshirs; Lllleshsll Hall
in Shropshire, and Cliefden in
Bucks" Why does man
with all these vast posses
sions in Great B,itain, come here to
acquire yet more. The struggle against
the landlords in Ireland, and the vast
number OF converts in England to Mr..
Georges land doctrines, have they
aroused the instinct that induces the
rat to Jump from a ship that is doomed
to sinkH II so, this duke may be act
ing very wisely for the family he will
leave bshina him, but will 1t be wise
in us to allow the atrocious English
la ldlord system to be imported to our
shore, to torment the families we may
leave behind usP
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-29
ENGLAND.
Great Excitement In the House.

LONDON, January 2S Mr.. Theodore
Fry, Liberal member for Oar ington,
asked the government in the House OF
Commons this afternoon what they
had done to prevent the burning OF
dwellings from which tenants had
been evicted st Glenbeigh, Ireland.
He also asked whether Gen. Sir
Redvers Butler had tried to obtain
concessions in rent for the tsnantry
in Ireland. Sir Michael Hicks. Beach,
Chief Secretary for Ireland, replied
that Gen. Buller had not interfered
until some seventy evietions had been
executed, when he tried to influence
the mortgages toward greater leni-
ency. The government, Sir Michael
said, had no legal right to 60 further
than this. "There u.s." ontinued the
Chief Secretary, zone real remedy,
and that is to remove these poor peo.
Pile from the poverty stricken dis.
%triciP," [cries Of "shame," shame" and
mo-" no." with their own fee
will" went on the speaker, [cries Of
mo" "no," "never." Shame" to
some other place in Ireland. A great
uproar here ensued.
The Speaker interrupted The pro-
csedings at this point and notified the
members that cries like Shame"
would be vigorously suppressed.
Sir Michael Hicks-B Beach - All 1
wished to cay was that the very poor
people living IN poverty stricken dis
tricts should be removed to other
parts of Ireland, or elsewhere, where
they could live in property and COM
fort. conservative cheers], II
these VINO take an interest in this mat
ter desire to promote such a settle
ment l will be most delighted to give
every aid jim my power to any action
they may combine on to bring it
about"
Ms. William Redmond (Parnellite
member for North Fermanagh) arose
and asked: "Does the government
approve the actions of the authorities
In burning the houses at Glenbeigh ?"
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach replied, ut
is not my business tn express any
opinion on that p int" conservative
cheersI
The subject was then dropped and
the debate on tho address in reply to
the speech from the throne was re-
eumed,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-29
NATIONAL AID TO KpucATIoN.


Il is gratifying to know that the
people OF the United States recognize,
with strengthening conviction as the
time goes on, that education is the
great bulwark Of our freedom, the
foundation OF prosperity and the
sure consummator Of our national
fame. This conviction is developing
itself stronger in Tennessee aud other
Southern, as we'll as Northern States,
and more firmly than ever. AS this
conviction deepens the South feels
more and more that 1t has a claim
upon the national government for its
aid in the educating work that has
fallen to it. To this claim there is
formidable opposition, but if we may
Judge from an article we find, to II
surprise, in the Des Moines (Is.)
Million, the arguments OF these
opponents are few and feeble.
That journal objects: l. "rhat TO
divide a fund according to the
amount Of illiteracy in a State is to
put a premium on illiteracy." The
usual understanding is where there is
the most starvation, there 10 the great.
est, not the least title to aid. When
the government made the slave a cit.
izsn il made it necessary 10 educate
him. The illiteracy among the citizens
OF the States concerned was vastly in
creased, but surely t1at illiteracy was
not > disqualification for aid but a title
to demand 1t. 2. "PeoDle who want to
educate their children eau educate
them without outside help" II the
man who W. ots that sentence could go
among our Ie9ro population be would
never repeat it. He would find colored
people priziDg education and anxious
for their children to have acceJs to II,
but,unable to do q thing except by out
side aid. 3. There is no law prevent.
ing the negroes of the South from ed
ucating their children, and no circum-
stances in their condition preventing
them from building as good school.
houses al the brightest men in
America have learned their letters in
Such an assertion almost leads us TO
suspect there must be much illiteracy
in Iowa TO be 60 ignorant Of facts 80
obvious. At all events, the reader
sees how weak and unsubstantisl the
arguments are that are brought against
aid being given to education in the
South, yet the Million is conspicuous
for mastery reasoning and sound
demonstration. II is not the Million
that Is weak, but 1t is the side it has
undertaken to support that is halt and
lame.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-29
TaE LINKING SENATE.

There is no possibility OF escaping a
recognition of tbs fact that the Senate
Of the United States is fast losing its
hold upon public esteem and conf
deuCe. We have been accustomed to
sssoCiats an idea of comparative tickle
ness and supeI6cislity with the House,
but the Senate was regarded as q
grave and reverend assembly, think
ing wisely and acting discrett'y.
Width Of view, depth of discriminS-
ton, aud q gravity that looked beyond
the mere events and needs OF the day,
were imputed to the Senator, raising
him from the expediency OF the poll
ticiau to the sound principle and digni.
fed elevation Of the statesman. II
there was illusion in this view Of the
Senator, If something Of the ideal had
B clustered around that eminent posi-.
ton, all such corruscations OF Sens-
toFial tubimity are today fading and
whitening into the common dust. The
attempts Of that body to secure the
possession Of powers not their own, Of
honors to which they have no title, Of
q "courtssy Of the Senate" that is a
soam and a parade Of hollow dignity
that is only vulgarity, have combined
10 deprive them Of their gloss and
show that what had been accounted
pure porcelain is nothing more than
very ordinary ~earlhenware. The
Senate is now becoming despised rs a
"plutoeracy," a collection OF pdrpenus
and nouredur riches, creatures without
merit or brains, who have bought the
right 10 seats they dishonor. And
these coarse "honorab!es" must have
their star chamber, their private ses-
sions, where they can d-n esch other
like wagon drivers and shake their
fists in each others faces like brawlers
at a eroggery2 Osn these things be